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November 18, 2017
Saturday, November 18, 2017
Over the course of the millennia, all these multitudes of ancestors, generation upon generation, have come down to this moment in time—to give birth to you. There has never been, nor will ever be, another like you. You have been given a tremendous responsibility. You carry the hopes and dreams of all those who have
November 17, 2017
Friday, November 17, 2017
Just because we don’t understand doesn’t mean that the explanation doesn’t exist. ~ Madeline L’Engle I have wasted far too much time this week mucking around with my laptop trying to find an explanation for, and resolve, an issue that rendered it unusable. Maybe “wasted” isn’t an entirely accurate description. Perhaps, instead, I might look at
November 16, 2017
Thursday, November 16, 2017
And for each one of us there is a special gift, the way in which we may best serve and please the Lord, whose love is so overflowing. ~ Madeline L’Engle, Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art I could grasp the multi-faceted truth of these words, and internalize it, I would be the
November 15, 2017
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
I would, quite often, like to be grownup, wise, and sophisticated. But these gifts are not mine. ~Madeleine L’Engle, A Circle of Quiet Struggling, just now, with where to put the words I’ve put down here. Should I move them over to my private journal or current work-in-progress? Leave them here? Are they too heavy
November 14, 2017
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
We turn to stories and pictures and music because they show us who and what and why we are, and what our relationship is to life and death, what is essential, and what, despite the arbitrariness of falling beams, will not burn. ~ Madeleine L’Engle, A Circle of Quiet If you’re not paying attention they
November 13, 2017
Monday, November 13, 2017
Serious art is born from serious play. ~ Julia Cameron, The Artist’s Way Much ruminating and writing in my private journal this morning so I come here late, and rather spent, wondering what Monday magic awaits. Let’s make some today. Yes?
November 12, 2017
Sunday, November 12, 2017
Rest and be thankful. ~ William Wordsworth Some days these are the only things required—and aren’t we blessed by the gift of days like this? Today: worship and teaching, fellowship and family. We are looking forward to an overnight visit from out son who is passing through on the way to his next job. In
November 11, 2017
Saturday, November 11, 2017
All my life I’ve looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first time. ~ Ernest Hemingway Words: the first thing that come to my conscious mind when I wake for the second time this morning. Words, and the truth that they nourish and sustain me. I wake, first, too early even
November 10, 2017
Friday, November 10, 2017
The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind. ~ Albert Einstein “I’m done with winter.” Gerry and I are en route to Vernon for our weekly visit with his mom and it’s snowing. Significantly. I’m playing with the camera on my phone trying, unsuccessfully, to capture an image that reflects my mood—my
November 9, 2017
Thursday, November 9, 2017
Those who believe they believe in God, but without passion in the heart, without anguish of mind, without uncertainty, without doubt, and even at times without despair, believe only in the idea of God, and not in God himself. Madeleine L’Engle I’m wrestling this morning. I’m working things through in my private journal and come
